In iambic pentameter, each verse consists of five metrical feet. Meter is a poem's rhythm, and feet are units of that rhythm.
In an iamb, an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable, as in the word "hello."
"Penta" means five, so a verse of iambic pentameter has five iambs.
Five pairs of unstressed syllables followed by stressed syllables.
Five pairs gives a total of ten syllables. So the answer is B, "each line contains ten syllables."
The author uses indirect characterization to describe how Millicent looks. The author uses indirect characterization to describe how Millicent feels.
The answer is A. Gets her mother to allow her to play in local tournaments.
The correctly formatted in-text citation would be: Odysseus's men "bent steady to the oars" (Homer 79).
